Former Hampden player delivers big hit to rally Brewer softball past ex-teammates

Former Hampden player delivers big hit to rally Brewer softball past ex-teammates

BREWER — Right fielder Paige Oakes spent her freshman and sophomore years at Hampden Academy before transferring to Brewer High School. And she came back to haunt her former teammates on Thursday night. Oakes belted a game-tying triple in the bottom of the seventh inning and scored the winning run on a wild pitch to give the third-seeded Witches a dramatic 6-5 Class A North quarterfinal win over the sixth-seeded Broncos at Coffin Field. Brewer, …